Early Logging Equipment FOUND IN THE WOODS Thread pics wanted
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Early? Why, I had half a days work in already.
Na - I'm up at 5:30 during the week. Take a good hour to get both eyes open.
7oaks
DRUGSTORE LOGGER
I'd try that but the bottle is now 3,000 miles away from me in Montana. I'll try next summer.
Hey Nate...See above - I'll have to wait til next summer before I can look it over but I'm pretty sure it is post 1934 when prohibition ended and it was required by law that all liquor bottles have that phrase embossed. Missed you again this year. See you next if you aren't working so hard. Good luck hunting.
Ha Ha...I hadn't gone to bed then but did right afterwards.
Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
I know. . . I'm horrible. I finally got a motor in the truck and it's rocking new tires. But I reckon you had gone back by then.
Next year it is.
Unless them dern Mayans are right.
First: a co-worker found the saws a couple of weeks ago looking for something else. I have cleaned a few up and will get to the rest as time allows.
Second: I found the axes, along with Hazel hoes and hoedads from the same era. I have found more info about the axes, so they're what I'm focusing on so far.
Third: there are boatloads of photos from the era, along with a heck of a story, but I can't post any of that just yet due to "policy". I will as soon as I can.
Fourth: this is all equipment used by my agency in days gone by, stored and forgotten about for half a century, unearthed in the last couple of weeks. I will tell what stories I can, as I can.
Sager falling axe, circa 1950's
Plumb swamping axe, circa 1950's
Ohlen-Bishop one-man bucking saw, circa 1950's
Detail, maker's mark
The display, currently, as I know it.
From top left, as one would read a book:
bucking saw, unknown manufacturer, lance pattern, unknown manufacture date, 8'
bucking saw, unknown manufacturer, lance pattern, unknown manufacture date, 7'
Plumb swamping axe, as above
Pennsylvania Saw Works one-man bucking saw, perforated lance pattern, pre-1955, 4'
E.H. Atkins "Economy" one-man bucking saw, champion pattern, circa WWII (x2)
Pennsylvania Saw Works one-man bucking saw, as above, helper handle at far end
Sager falling axe, as above
Ohlen-Bishop one-man bucking saw, as above
That's what I have and know now. All I've done to clean things up is a light buff with WD-40 and steel wool, then beeswax as a protectant. I suspect that the top saw is a Royal Chinook, but I can't prove it. I also have some interesting speculations about the Atkins saws in the middle that I can't provide provenance for. What I do know for sure is that this equipment is all period-correct for the dawn of our agency.
Second: I found the axes, along with Hazel hoes and hoedads from the same era. I have found more info about the axes, so they're what I'm focusing on so far.
Third: there are boatloads of photos from the era, along with a heck of a story, but I can't post any of that just yet due to "policy". I will as soon as I can.
Fourth: this is all equipment used by my agency in days gone by, stored and forgotten about for half a century, unearthed in the last couple of weeks. I will tell what stories I can, as I can.
Sager falling axe, circa 1950's
Plumb swamping axe, circa 1950's
Ohlen-Bishop one-man bucking saw, circa 1950's
Detail, maker's mark
The display, currently, as I know it.
From top left, as one would read a book:
bucking saw, unknown manufacturer, lance pattern, unknown manufacture date, 8'
bucking saw, unknown manufacturer, lance pattern, unknown manufacture date, 7'
Plumb swamping axe, as above
Pennsylvania Saw Works one-man bucking saw, perforated lance pattern, pre-1955, 4'
E.H. Atkins "Economy" one-man bucking saw, champion pattern, circa WWII (x2)
Pennsylvania Saw Works one-man bucking saw, as above, helper handle at far end
Sager falling axe, as above
Ohlen-Bishop one-man bucking saw, as above
That's what I have and know now. All I've done to clean things up is a light buff with WD-40 and steel wool, then beeswax as a protectant. I suspect that the top saw is a Royal Chinook, but I can't prove it. I also have some interesting speculations about the Atkins saws in the middle that I can't provide provenance for. What I do know for sure is that this equipment is all period-correct for the dawn of our agency.
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7oaks
DRUGSTORE LOGGER
Madhatte...
A couple things caught by attention.
What agency are you affiliated with?
Second why is the second ax called a "Plumb swamping axe"? I used one of these back in the 1970's and we called it a "double bit ax"
Thanks for posting these interesting photos and slice of history.
A couple things caught by attention.
What agency are you affiliated with?
Second why is the second ax called a "Plumb swamping axe"? I used one of these back in the 1970's and we called it a "double bit ax"
Thanks for posting these interesting photos and slice of history.
Fourth: this is all equipment used by my agency in days gone by, stored and forgotten about for half a century, unearthed in the last couple of weeks. I will tell what stories I can, as I can.
Plumb swamping axe, circa 1950's
sawbones
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I was doing some clearing for a neighbor when I spotted the top of the 1960 Garrett tree farmer cab gaurd.
All you could see was some rusty yellow pipes. It was covered in blackberry bushes and had several trees grown up through it 25 foot high.
Tracked down the owner and made a deal and dug it out and drug it home. Had not ran for about 20 years and was tired when they parked it.
Had to sell it last year when I moved .
Around here we have yards full of old rusty logging gear.
link to subfolder
doug pictures by mrbigsawz - Photobucket
link to main album containing many pics of old iron new and used.
Pictures by mrbigsawz - Photobucket
All you could see was some rusty yellow pipes. It was covered in blackberry bushes and had several trees grown up through it 25 foot high.
Tracked down the owner and made a deal and dug it out and drug it home. Had not ran for about 20 years and was tired when they parked it.
Had to sell it last year when I moved .
Around here we have yards full of old rusty logging gear.
link to subfolder
doug pictures by mrbigsawz - Photobucket
link to main album containing many pics of old iron new and used.
Pictures by mrbigsawz - Photobucket
I work for one of the lesser-known Federal forest-land-owning agencies near the south end of the Puget Sound in WA. You should be able to figure out who with a bit of digging, and you'll understand why I don't like to spell it out on the internet.
"Plumb" is the manufacturer's name.
Double-bit axes can be long and narrow or short and broad; the former is associated with chopping out undercuts, while the latter is associated with swamping, limbing, and other duties where the greater surface area of the wider cutting edge would be preferred.
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7oaks
DRUGSTORE LOGGER
Ricc...
I was wondering when you were going to jump in here. Neat machine but I'm more interested in that "little bitty" chainsaw in the Background.
Madhatte...
Thanks for the interesting explainations. Always something to learn here.
I was wondering when you were going to jump in here. Neat machine but I'm more interested in that "little bitty" chainsaw in the Background.
Madhatte...
Thanks for the interesting explainations. Always something to learn here.
sawbones
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thats a west coast limbing saw. :hmm3grin2orange:
7oaks
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This beast operated for a week, about a year ago. It may still be parked up there? It was too big.
It pulled the first tail tree out when the empty carriage was run up the hill.
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ptjeep
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Holy cow, definitely gonna need some more info on that saw and bar!
sawbones
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114" mechanical pond-deck bar from a mill , 3/4 .122 chain with a 1-70 dangling off the end.
A.K.A "mini mac"
